NW Indiana man killed in crash with charter bus

January 2, 2014 | WGVU Authorities have identified the 36-year-old driver who was killed when his pickup truck slammed into a charter bus loaded with casino patrons on a northern Indiana highway.

LaPorte County police say crash happened Wednesday afternoon along snowy U.S. 20 when the truck went out of control and slid into the path of the bus carrying about 50 people from the Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo, Mich., to Mishawaka (mish-ah-WAH'-kuh).

Police say 15 bus passengers were hurt in the crash near the town of Rolling Prairie, some 15 miles west of South Bend. County coroner John Sullivan tells The Times of Munster and WNDU-TV that John Kallok of Griffith died at the scene from blunt force trauma.

The sheriff credits the bus driver with keeping it upright after the crash.